A Step-by-Step Guide to Conducting Your Own Curriculum Management Audit
Curriculum management audits are rapidly becoming powerful tools for school improvement in the United States. This book is a clear, step-by-step guide to conducting such an audit.
This timesaving book provides ready-made letters that primary school teachers can personalize and send to parents throughout the school year about important aspects of school life. Topics include: classroom practice, curriculum, parenting, children's learning and social skills, and behavioural concerns such as disrespect and physical violence.
What comes first?Assessment or instruction? By using the holistic models presented in Problem-Based Learning & Other Curriculum Models for the Multiple Intelligences Classroom, teachers can structure curricula in ways that give them more time to teach. Students can learn how to problem-solve with the realization that there is not always a formula or one right answer as they use these six innovative curriculum models: Problem-based learning Case studies Thematic learning Project learning Service learning Performance learning Features include: Comprehensive resource lists Charts of curricula models Easy-to-read, organized format
Three of the most respected minds in education today have come together to assist teachers in modifying assessment practices by laying out a road map that guides readers through multiple intelligences and assessment practices. In this updated edition of Multiple Assessments for Multiple Intelligences, authors James Bellanca, Carolyn Chapman, and Elizabeth Swartz show how to devise specific performance standards for each intelligence and easily apply them directly in the classroom. They also demonstrate why each intelligence is important to a curriculum and offer ways to strengthen each intelligence. This resource includes: Definitions of the intelligences Examples of the best teaching methods for developing each intelligence Useful standards for creating a rubric for each intelligence An example of an appropriate measurement tool and discussions on various alternatives Sample lessons that target the intelligence
Formerly a SkyLight publication. Project learning is an exciting, challenging, and memorable way of engaging students in active, authentic learning experiences. It immerses students in the process of creating, testing, polishing, and producing a project such as a biography or invention. This book offers step-by-step guidelines for nine different projects ranging from basic to advanced.
Jeffrey A Kottler states that multiculturalism has become so politically correct that authentic feelings and honest opinions are reserved and limited to the teachers' lounge. What is described as sensitivity to diversity is often transformed into a degree of caution in which people no longer say what they really think. In this book, Kottler presents an honest, intimate and provocative look at issues related to culture, and suggests ways in which teachers can make their classroom more vibrant and culturally responsive.
A Practical Guide to Preparing Students for High-Tech, High-Skill, High-Wage Opportunities, Revised
This is a practical guide on how to plan, develop and implement a `tech prep' programme. The book illustrates how schools can work collaboratively with business and industry to organize a programme that provides students with the core technical and specialty proficiencies necessary to successfully compete in a changing economy. Topics covered include: creating a tech prep consortium; funding; setting goals; building action teams; and designing a promotion campaign.
A Practical Guide to Preparing Students for High-Tech, High-Skill, High-Wage Opportunities, Revised
This is a practical guide on how to plan, develop and implement a `tech prep' programme. The book illustrates how schools can work collaboratively with business and industry to organize a programme that provides students with the core technical and specialty proficiencies necessary to successfully compete in a changing economy. Topics covered include: creating a tech prep consortium; funding; setting goals; building action teams; and designing a promotion campaign.
Best Techniques for Connecting Home, School, and Community
The authors of this book provide specific strategies that school leaders can employ, both with families and other community members, to build support for their school. Numerous case studies of successful family-involvement programmes currently in use, are included.
